36 George R. R. Martin Quotes for You to Enjoy

George R. R. Martin

American Author

Born: Sep 20, 1948

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It's really irritating when you open a book, and 10 pages into it you know that the hero you met on page one or two is gonna come through unscathed, because he's the hero. This is completely unreal, and I don't like it. George R. R. Martin

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Nothing bores me more than books where you read two pages and you know exactly how it's going to come out. I want twists and turns that surprise me, characters that have a difficult time and that I don't know if they're going to live or die. George R. R. Martin

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I prefer to work with grey characters rather than black and white. George R. R. Martin

Work Black Black And White White Characters Rather Than Grey Prefer

I've always preferred writing about grey characters and human characters. Whether they are giants or elves or dwarves, or whatever they are, they're still human, and the human heart is still in conflict with the self. George R. R. Martin

Heart Conflict Writing Whatever Human Heart Elves Giants Characters About Self Always Still Human Grey Whether Preferred

There has to be a level of joy of what you're doing. George R. R. Martin

You Joy Doing Level

I don't know if I have any particular views about women in positions of power, though I do think it's more difficult for women, particularly in a Medieval setting. They have the additional problem that they're a woman and people don't want them in a position of power in an essentially patriarchal society. George R. R. Martin

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If I was a soldier going to war, I'd be pretty scared the night before a battle. It's a scary thing. And I want my readers to feel that fear as they turn the page. George R. R. Martin

War Battle Fear Before Soldier Scared Pretty Scary Scary Thing Feel Readers Going Want Turn Page Thing Night

The success that the Tolkien books had redefined modern fantasy. George R. R. Martin

Success Books Had Modern Fantasy Tolkien

The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real life is flickering by and you're hardly a part of it. You remember the events in your books better than you remember the events that actually took place when you were writing them. George R. R. Martin

Life You Yourself Writing Events Better Sometimes Remember Lose Real Life Took Books About Seems Tend Writer Part Like Real Odd Odd Thing Were Than Being Place Them Your Flickering Actually Thing Hardly

With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the special effects guy and the lighting technician: I'm all of that. So if it's good or bad, it's all up to me. George R. R. Martin

Good Me Director Book Bad Guy Writer Lighting Also Am Up Effects Special Special Effects Actor Technician

I have idea files of books that I want to write one of these days, stories I want to write one of these days, but I'll probably never get to them. George R. R. Martin

Books Write Never Idea Days Get Want Stories Them Files

I can see a scene in my head, and when I try to get it down in words on paper, the words are clunky; the scene is not coming across right. So frustrating. And there are days where it keeps flowing. Open the floodgates, and there it is. Pages and pages coming. Where the hell does this all come from? I don't know. George R. R. Martin

Boy, there are days where I get up and say 'Where the hell did my talent go? Look at this crap that I'm producing here. This is terrible. Look, I wrote this yesterday. I hate this, I hate this.' George R. R. Martin

Hate Yesterday Hell Say Talent Days Look Wrote Terrible Boy Go Up Get Did Where Crap Producing Here

I know some writers can write on the road, but I'm not one of them. George R. R. Martin

Some Write Writers Road Know Them

There is magic in my universe, but it's pretty low magic compared to other fantasies. George R. R. Martin

Universe Other Pretty Magic Fantasies Low Compared

I was a novelist first. But in the mid-'80s, I did work in television for ten years. And yes, that was frequently the reaction to my scripts. People would say, 'You know, George, this is great. We love it, a terrific script, but it would cost five times our budget to shoot this.' George R. R. Martin

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Don't write outlines; I hate outlines. George R. R. Martin

Hate Outlines Write

I never liked Gandalf the White as much as Gandalf the Grey, and I never liked him coming back. I think it would have been an even stronger story if Tolkien had left him dead. George R. R. Martin

Stronger White Think Back Would Never Had Liked Dead Him Coming Been Left Grey Story Much Tolkien Even

If you go all the way back, I've always written science-fiction, I've always written fantasy, I've always written horror stories and monster stories, right from the beginning of my career. I've always moved back and forth between the genres. I don't really recognise that there's a significant difference between them in some senses. George R. R. Martin

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I spent a whole summer working on what proved to be 'A Game of Thrones'. George R. R. Martin

Game Summer Spent Proved Working Game Of Thrones Whole

One of the great things about books is you can afford to do anything. George R. R. Martin

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